. For the best things. doing just as much for thehonor of Christ, for the upbuilding of hiskingdom and for the sweetening and enrich-ing of the world, in those quiet days when she[84] pmi0 ti^e l3elotJeD was able to labor no more, as she did in thedays now gone, when she labored was a work going on in her in the quietdays—she was mellowing and ripening inspirit. Then she touched the friends abouther by her peace, her contentment. If she wasa sufferer, she suffered in patience, sweetly,submissively, songfuUy. Then she could stillwork in prayer, and no work we ever do forothers is so
. For the best things. doing just as much for thehonor of Christ, for the upbuilding of hiskingdom and for the sweetening and enrich-ing of the world, in those quiet days when she[84] pmi0 ti^e l3elotJeD was able to labor no more, as she did in thedays now gone, when she labored was a work going on in her in the quietdays—she was mellowing and ripening inspirit. Then she touched the friends abouther by her peace, her contentment. If she wasa sufferer, she suffered in patience, sweetly,submissively, songfuUy. Then she could stillwork in prayer, and no work we ever do forothers is so effective as what we may do onour knees. [85] Ci^ijS QBegtnning of ^(0 ^ignjs [87] Nothing is small!No lily-muffled hum. of summer beeBut finds some coupling with the spinning stars;No pebble at your foot but proves a sphere;. . Earth^s crammed with heaven,And every common bush afire with God;But only he who sees takes off his shoes, —Elizabeth Barrett Browning. [88] CHAPTER SEVEN Cl^ijj isegtnning of !^(0 ^ignis. HE only miracles of Jesusthirty silent years weremiracles of love, of obedi-ence, of duty, of beautifulliving. When we remem-ber who he was, the Sonof God, in whom all divine fullness dwelt, hismaking no manifestation of glory thoseyears was as great a miracle as when atlength he began to do unusual first recorded appearance of Jesus, afterentering on his public ministry, was at a wed-ding feast. This tells us of his interest inhuman joys. Many people seem to think thatreligion is only for times of sorrow. They saythat Christ came to help us in our hours ofpain and in our troubles. But it is sugges-tive that his first manifestation of divinepower was not in healing a sick man, openinga blind mans eyes, raising a dead child, but[89] wine to prolong the joy of a is a friend for our happy hours quiteas much as for our hours of sadness. Jesuswants still to attend the social pleasures thatthe young people have. If we have any feastsor ente
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